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Re: [RFC/PATCH] connect: add GIT_SSH_{SEND,RECEIVE}{,_COMMAND} env variables

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 4, 2018, 19:06 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> I get that you may have two different keys to go with two different
> identities on a remote system. But I'm not sure I understand why
> "sending" or "receiving" is the right way to split those up. Wouldn't
> you also sometimes want to fetch from repository X? IOW, wouldn't you
> want to tie identity "A" to repository "X", and "B" to repository "Y?
>
>> So now I just have a GIT_SSH_COMMAND that dispatches to different keys
>> depending on the operation, as noted in the commit message, and I can
>> assure you that without that logic it doesn't work.
>
> You mentioned host aliases later, which is the solution I've seen in the
> wild. And then you can map each remote to a different host alias.

Yup, I do agree that it is exactly the established solution for this kind of situation.

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  1. connect: add GIT_SSH_{SEND,RECEIVE}{,_COMMAND} env variablesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 3, 2018
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 3, 2018
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 4, 2018
  4. Jeff KingJan 4, 2018
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 4, 2018
  6. Jeff KingJan 4, 2018
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 4, 2018
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 4, 2018

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